Well that about wraps up our live coverage Sunday's Matchday 29 action, but check back in with us tomorrow, when we'll have more reaction to the weekend and look ahead to three massive fixtures in Europe: Real Madrid-Wolfsburg, Benfica-FC Bayern and Liverpool-Dortmund.

FULL TIME: KÖLN 0-2 LEVERKUSEN - The final whistle goes and Leverkusen celebrate an important win that gives them a three-point cushion over Gladbach in fifth.

RED CARD(S): 90' It's all kicked off here, with both sets of players squaring up. Leo Bittencourt is eventually shown a straight red card for his late tackle on Admir Mehmedi, with Leverkusen's Wendell given a second yellow for his part in the ensuing tussle.

It's that man again! On target last Friday against Wolfsburg and now among the goals again: Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez doubles the visitors' lead, slotting home from Bellarabi's pass. Two assists now for Bellarabi.

GOAL: 39' KÖLN 0-1 LEVERKUSEN

A neat lob from Bellarabi tees up Brandt, and this time he has only one man to beat – AND HE DOES IT! The visitors are in front!

CHANCE: 36' KÖLN 0-0 LEVERKUSEN

Bittencourt is getting all the rebounds his way, and he's shaping to shoot – but in comes Wendell to make a fine intervention. Risky, being on a yellow card, but timed to perfection!

CORNER: 30' KÖLN 0-0 LEVERKUSEN

Once again Calhanoglu is trotting towards the corner flag – this is already his fifth corner of the game!

CHANCE: 27' KÖLN 0-0 LEVERKUSEN

Brandt skips past one, and another, and then another HE'S GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY… but his last touch takes the ball just too far away from him, and Horn is there like a big, red Stop sign.

CHANCE: 24' KÖLN 0-0 LEVERKUSEN

The hosts fail to clear their lines from a Calhanoglu corner and Bellarabi is there, but his effort is blocked. The danger is not over as the ball comes back into the box TO CHICHARITO!! A stumble sees that chance go begging.

CHANCE: 21' KÖLN 0-0 LEVERKUSEN

Anthony Modeste gets in at the near post to the next dangerous cross, but the result is the same – he holds his head in his hands after the ball flies wide.

CHANCE: 19' KÖLN 0-0 LEVERKUSEN

A corner at the other end now and it is swung in to the far post WHERE DOMINIC MAROH CLIMBS but he sends his header just inches too high and wide. Good chance for the hosts there!

CHANCE: 17' KÖLN 0-0 LEVERKUSEN

Timo Horn the first of the goalkeepers to have any real work to do, but Yurchenko's header is not the most difficult save he has had to make.

YELLOW CARD: 9' KÖLN 0-0 LEVERKUSEN

Wendell's name goes into the book as he breaks down a swift counterattacking opportunity for the hosts.

Thomas Tuchel has made eight changes to the side that drew 1-1 with Liverpool FC in Thursday's UEFA Europa League tie: Weidenfeller, Piszczek, Castro, Schmelzer, Weigl, Mikhitaryan, Reus and Aubameyang all start this one on the sidelines.

While events in Gelsenkirchen take centre stage early on, attention will turn to Cologne later in the day when Leverkusen make the trip to face their Rhine rivals, 1. FC Köln. The hosts' 2014 FIFA World Cup-winning full-back, Jonas Hector, told bundesliga.com about derby day.

The stakes are always high for such an intense fixture involving two of German football's most supported clubs, but coming as late in the season as this one, Sunday's clash is about more than just pride. Let bundesliga.com explain…

Two passion-filled encounters await on Sunday with the Ruhr Valley derby between Schalke and Dortmund as the early kick-off with Leverkusen making the short trip to Cologne to face 1. FC in the later game.

21.03CEST Points haul

1. FSV Mainz 05 finished fifth the last time they accumulated this many points. Where will Martin Schmidt's men end up at the end of the 2015/16 campaign?

So what does that mean for the table? Mainz are sixth, six points better off than Wolfsburg in eighth. Elsewhere, SV Werder Bremen replace FC Augsburg in the promotion/relegation play-off spot after losing 2-1 to the Bavarians.

Mainz return fire! Jairo Samperio makes it 1-1 four minutes after coming off the bench for Pablo de Blasis. His seventh goal of the season might be his best one, after a fine piece of control and a cool, chipped finish.

HUGE CHANCE 61' VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

Malli finds himself unmarked in the box but Casteels instinctively sticks his foot out to deny the Turkey international from point-blank range.

CHANCE 57' VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

Mainz play passing triangles all the way up the pitch before whipping the ball into the Wolves' area, but Dante is there to hook the danger away.

LATEST - VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

Yunnus Malli has scored ten goals from the point of midfield this season, but Luiz Gustavo's reading of the game has kept him quiet so far.

HALF-TIME - VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

It's honours even at the half-time break. Neither side has created a gilt-edged chance as yet, though hard running from Schurrle and Henrique at one end and Cordoba at the other promise busy second halves for the defences.

LATEST 40' VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

Mainz midfielder Danny Latza has covered the most ground with 5.52km. Both teams struggling to unlock opposition defence, though.

CHANCE 30' VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

Mainz are beginning to create chances. Cordoba unlucky not to get a free-kick after being brought down on the edge of the Wolfsburg box.

CHANCE 23' VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

Andre Schürrle scuttles away from his marker on the left wing, but his subsequent shot deflects wide for a corner.

CHANCE 21' VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

Jhon Cordoba breaks free of the Woflsburg defence but the Colobian's shot is fired straight at Koen Casteels.

18.53CEST Alaba delighted

FC Bayern München star David Alaba was understandably elated after scoring his first since March 2015.

LATEST 15' VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

It's 50-50 in terms of possession after the opening quarter of an hour. Matching 4-2-3-1 formations have chances at a premium for now...

CHANCE 10' VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

Bruno Henrique is beginning this match as he ended his last - as the most dangerous player on the pitch. After a fine run to the edge of the box his shot sails wide this time.

CHANCE 6' VfL Wolfsburg 0-0 1. FSV Mainz 05

Andre Schurrle's long ball into the box drifts over Bruno Henrique. The Brazilian had a wonderful first start against Real Madrid in the Champions League...

Ribery gets down the left-hand side and takes on Insua for pace...the Frenchman gets by his man and delivers a low cross that Lewandowski would surely have turned into the net but for Niedermeier to get there first and inadvertently put it beyond Tyton himself. Bayern in front.